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I was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Enrico Modigliani and Olga Flaschel. My father was a leading pediatrician in the city and my mother was a volunteer social worker. My school performance in the early years was good though not outstanding. Then, in 1932, a major trauma occurred. My father died as a…

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Links to other sites Books Dewatripont, M., Rochet, J. and Tirole, J. (2010) Balancing the Banks: Global Lessons from the Financial Crisis, Princeton University PressLaffont, J-J. and Tirole, J. (1999) Competition in Telecommunications, MIT PressLaffont, J-J. and Tirole, J. (1993) A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation, MIT PressTirole, J. (1988) The Theory of…

Interview transcript On behalf of the Nobel e-Museum, I have the pleasure of welcoming this year’s winners of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The winners are Professor George Akerlof from the University of California Berkeley; Michael Spence, Stanford University; and Professor Joseph Stiglitz from…

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Interview transcript Professor Robert Merton, very welcome to this interview. It’s a pleasure to have you with us. Today during your speech you outlined something that I found very interesting. You were saying that households and individuals have had, over the last couple of years, to take much more serious economic decisions…

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